Improvement in samples of leather



J. KENT. Sample of Leather.

No. 196,673. Patented Oct. 30,1877.

'W'ihwsses Mmm. Pun

UNITED STATES .A TET JAMES'KENT, OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK.

Specification forming' part of Letters Patent No. 196.673, dated October 30, 1877; application filed September 20, 1877.

To all whom it 'may concern:

-Be it known that'I, J AMES KENT, of Gloversville, county of Fulton, in the State ot' New York, have invented a new and useful article of leather, which I denominate Sample Leather,7 which invention is fully set forth in the following; specification and accompanying' drawings, in which- Figure l represents a skin or hide of leather embodying this invention; and Figs. 2, 3, et, and 5 are modiiied forms of sample pieces made from the leather.

The object of my invention is to produce sample leather, which consists of one or more sections or strips free ot' hair, and tanned and iinished,a11d one or more alternate sections of tanned and finished hair-covered strips, by means oi' which the kind of skin or hidel ofthe animal from which the leather is made may he readily recognized, whether calf, goat, sheep, die., together with the kind of tanning and iin ish of the saine, so that, when the sample leather is examined in contrast with any skin or hide of leather alleged to be of the same character and finish, the ditl'erence or similarity may at once be perceived, and a manufacturer or dealer may readily observe whether the alleged leather is genuine or not.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a skin or hide of sample leather tanned,

dressed, and finished, which is eomposed of alternate strips or sections a, without hair, and tanned and linished haircovered strips b b, so that one section will clearly show the nature oi' the tanning' and iinish,a11d the hair-covered sections will show thehair or wool of the animal from which the skin was taken, with the kind of tanning` and iinish underneath.

Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 show moditications of my invention, in which A A represent samplepieces of leather, consisting ot' tanned and dressed leather spaces a without hair and tanned and dressed hair-covered spaces b.

These sample-pieces may be made in any of the forms shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Having' described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An improved leather sample consisting of sections a b, one or more ot' each, the former an exposed surt'ace of tanned, dressed, and iinished leather, the latter ot' tanned leather with the hair, fur, or wool remaining` thereon, all of one piece, as shown, and for the purpose described.

JAMES KENT.

Witnesses CYRUs STEWART,

LYMAN K. BROWN. 

